”ASHES HERE AND THERE BY
THE SERTINEL’B REPORTERS.
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Jan. of ta- rat-u my to. and Bear
in store-n. South lot-elk and
Vicinity During “all Diurnal Journey.
film an and Down Iowa.
3 . a large band of gypsles passed through
. liorwalk, goutg westward, yesterday.
" ' The South Nor-walk baseball club will
play the Norwalks on Norwalk Park,
but Saturday afternoon at 3:80 o’clock.
_ The yacht "Nellie," now owned by
Westport parties. is on the ways near the
oyster docks, undergoing a general over-
, hauling.
The Nor walk Street Railway company
are deliberating upon a proposed line of
road from Norwalk to Roton Point and
Five Mile River.
About fifty people attended the peach
I futlval of the West Norwalk Union
, Chapel society, Tuesday night, and the
‘ net receipts amounted to over $15.
-—Fried escallope at Depot Restaurant
Mrs. George W. Whaley, of Norwalk,
remains very poorly. Her son, Dr. 0.
Bryant Whaley, of Savannah, is on his
way here, and is expected to arrive to-
day.
Jan Petro, the Hungarian missionary
who goes to Oberlin college this year to
take a course of study, is sent under the
direction of Dr. H. A. Schautiler, of
Cleveland, Ohio.
,. J. M. Johnson, formerly a member of
the firm of Tabor, Johnson & 00.,
jewelers, of New York city, is in South
Norwalk, settling accounts with a num-
ber of persons owing him money.
The South Norwalk Juniors and the
Union SchoolJuniors played ball yester-
day afternoon, in the lot on the McClure
property, and when the game was called
on account of darkness. the score stood
seven to seven.
H. E. Bodwell, of Washington street,
had a new lighting system in operation
in his store last night, which not only
provided excellent illumination, but add-
ed greatly to the general appearance of
the place.
—'l‘he Boston store, Norwalk, received,
Tuesday, one car-load of Mason's
fruit jars.
Humboldt Lodge, Sons of Herman’
will celebrate the anniversary of their
organization tonight in Germania Hall.
Louise Lodge, of South Norwalk, and
Anon Lodge, of Westport, will attend in
a body, and refreshments will he served.
William L. Armstrong returned home
yesterday, from a visit with relatives in
Long Ridge. While there his grand-
father, Charles L. Webb, died suddenly
of heart fallure, in the seventy-sixth year
of his age.
Ferdinand H. U. Mehring, a former
resident of South Norwalk, sailed from
New York city, this week, in the brig,
"J. C. Hamlin," for a three months’
cruiseto Buenos Ayres, Argentine ite-
public, South America.
—-Choiceet Kandy, Kandy at lane’s.
Luther M. Wright is building a hand
some delivery wagon for U. S. me
bridge, the box manufacturer. It is
similiarto the one now in use by the
firm. The lettering is very handsome,
and a neat design of bones also improves
theoruamentstion. it will probably be
used this week.
The Bridgeport Union says that J. D.
Williams, who came to that city, from
South Norwalk, less than two years ago,
and ran the Howard avenue hotel for
ahotltaysar before going into the res-
tanrant business on Main street, has and
denly left the city to avoid the payment
of his debts.
The subject of the midweek prayer
meeting at the Norwalk Congregational
church, tonight, will be “The Influence
of Great Religious lleformers~-Was their
success due to their method or their per—
son ty. Reformation vs. 'l'rsnsfortna‘
tion 'tht must all reformers expect. to
ask?" Charles A. Tucker will open
the connection. A large attendance is
desired. ~ M. W“,
~00wa with pure err-am, he. a cup
at the Depot llatusrsnt.
The Willing Workers Circle of King's
Daughters, gave a luncheon party at the
residence of Mrs. W. 1!. Olmstesd,
Union Park, last evening. Supper was
served from 5 to 8 o’clock, from prettily
decorated tables spread with rare china,
and waited upon by charming young
ladies. The hostess looked after every
detail with precision. and the guests
thorrmghly enjoyed the occasion.
Speaking of the continuance of the
Stamford Yacht club tennis tournament,
Tuesday afternoon. the Advocate says in
reference to one of the Norwalk players:
‘Theonlyslugles of the afternoon was
the match between Valium. of Ror-
walk. and Fm. VanBursn had things
Mussolini-swamp“ put up a
, my good game. Pitt struggled to win,
but hopelessly. VasBursa was easily
which. Vaullursn won the two sets
by a sunroof M, 0-]. Many good strokes
were made and some very goedlobblng."
0 int Elfin “it
‘Keeler & Selleck company, who has been
one» a. Walters, of am can,
has recovered from his reotnt “have. ..
Miss Mary Brown, of Both a Gold
smith’s corset factory, has purchased a
new bicycle. .
—~Weak fish, be, at Dreseher‘e, Main Ill.
Assn was born to Mr. “W. Blakss'
ley. 100 Washington street, yesterday
afternoon.
A very interesting meeting of the
Colored Republican League was held last
night. The meeting closed at 11 o'clock.
Revs. Shields, of Greenwich, and Tey.
lor, of Bridgeport, are expected at the
A. M. E. church, Sunday.
«Cisooes, 50. Drescher’s, Main street.
Officer Morehouse arrested Nehemiah
Sherwood last night, for drunkenness.
He was sent to jail for thirty days.
James Humphrey has been permanent
ly engaged as electrician by the Norwalk
Street Railway company.
The public school teachers will go out
sailing this afternoon in R. J. Cutbill’s
yacht"Bertha A.," in charge of Paul
Cutbill, as captain.
Elliott Gregory, clerk for the Holmes-
seriously ill, was out for the first time
yesterday.
The regular mid- week prayer meeting
of the South Nora-all: Baptist church
will be held tonight. Subject, "Faithful-
ness.” The pastor will lead the meeting.
Miss Mabel Wigham, of Elm street, is
in charge of Miss Leverich’s room at the
Over River school temporarily, and will
continue to teach until Miss Leverich’s
successor is appointed.
--Oysters at Depot Restaurant.
C. Ford Seeley rode from his store on
Wall street to the crossing at Bridgeport
and return, last evening, in one hour and
sixteen minutes. He rode his sixteen and
three-quarter pound wheel.
Conductor Scroggy, of extra freight
No. 3, brought a train of twenty-three
cars to Wilson Point from Harlem River
this morning and took a train of thirty
five cars, made up at the Point, to sta-
tions east.
Hartford Taylor and Edgar K. Norton,
employed in the hat forming factory.
went fishing yesterday, and had unusual
luck, catching a large number of fine
specimens, enough to supply their neigh-
bore.
——Uncle Tom‘s Cabin Matinee, at
Hoyt‘s Operafiflousefiaturday afternoon,
Sept. 2‘3. for ladies and children. Prices
10 and 20 cents.
W. W. Vaughan, the electrical expert
of the General Electric company, who
has been superintending the construction
of the Norwalk Street Railway company's
road, has finished his duties here and or
pects to leave town this weak.
~—Bluelish,8o. Dreecher'a, Main street
Knight street was the scene of several
athletic contests, that evening. Wilbur
Hubbard, on foot, raced Fred Brewer, on
a bicycle, and beat him, William Ham.
ilton, on a bicycle, raced John Boston,
on foot, and was beaten. The course
was one hundred yards. Hamilton and
Hubbard spurred for points and Benton
and Brewer gave several song and dance
sketches. Daniel Honnecker was timer,
starter and general kicker.
Last evening Mrs. Mamie McFarland,
another lady and two children, were out
driving. In attempting to turn around
the corner of Taylor avenue into West
street, tholtorse fell down, breaking the
shafts of the wagon. William Gates,
who happened to he in the vicinity,
caught hold of the horse and prevented
him from running away, while Select-
man Talmadge Baker and Charles E.
Jennings, Jr., repaired the damage to the
vehicle so that the party could (ile'
home.
(thief Engineer Ryan is doing goo
work at Wilson Point. telling out the
cargms of coal from the barges Within
the past few «lays the ”(lounge McWI’lli-
tinm,"f.‘hunker 04, and the “Tempest”
have been unloaded, and there remains
but one more vessel to unload. which
will bodiechargcd tomorrow. The coal
is shipped to parties up the llonbury div.
ision of the (Hinsolidated railroad. it is
said that the old gang of men can do
more shoveling than any others at the
Point.
The city engineer is at work on a
map foranew layout of Walt street.
Councilman Schaub, the committee on
streets, having decided that the last one
drawn was not fair to the property own-
ers, several of whom made stenuous ob-
jectlousto the work goingon as pro
posed. ltls probable that a committee
of freeholders will be selected by the
Council to assess benefits and damages,
as this important matter was neglected
when the previous layouts were accept-
ed. itis doubtful whether Contractor
Chariot’s .50 forfeit for the successful
completion of the work will be returned
tohlm,tbe committee having decided
thathswasthsonswhohrote the cou-
tract. Themattsrwlllbsasttled at the
meeting oftheBoardof (Mediates neat
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The sidewalk planking over, the Hor-
walk‘ tunnel is being torn upand new
material substituted.
Miss Jennie Crock. daughter of Peter
D. Crook, of Cranberry Plains, is sick
with diphtheria. The place has been
quarantined.
An infant daughter of Charles Head.
of Newtown avenue. has the measles and
a quarantine has been placed on the
premises by Health Ofiloer Tracey.
George C. Camelook, inspector of
peach orchards for the western half of
Fairlield county, is in Stamford today.
The peach crop this season is one of the
largest and best in years.
Mrs. Frank Blake, of Cranberry Plains,
who nursed her husband throng a critic-
al attack of typhoid fever, has now been
taken with the disease, ahd is danger-
ously ill. She is at her parents’ home on
Chestnut Hill.
The Democratic electors of the Second
Voting District will hold a caucus in
Arion Hall, tonight at 8 o’clock, fur the
purpose of, nominating delegates to the
State, Congressional, Senatorial, Probate
and County conventions.
A young lady who was crossing Wall
street, last evening, with MissWebher, of
Orchard street, stumbled and received a
very painful fall. She was deleted to her
feet by Ed ward Donnelly, but was unable
to walk for some little time without
assistance.
On account of Judge N. C. Downs, of
the Stamford city court, being a delegate
to the State convention, the trial of the
seizure of the oyster boat “Rambler," be-
longing to H. P. Morgan, has been post-
poned until a day later in the week, to
be fixed by the court.
Joseph O'Rourke has resumed the her-
ness making and selling business, hav-
ing taking the store occupied by
George El. Ferris, while his own is being
refitted and the damage he recently sus-
tained by fire cleared away.
Dr. W. J. Tracey received ac ) mplaint
Sunday, about a gang of over one hun-
dred Italians who were living together in
a small shanty at Whistleville. They are
employed on the four-tracking opera-
tions of the Consolidated railroad. He
paid the place a visit and found it reek
ing with tilth. He at once drove to WIl
ton and ordered the owner of the build
ing to clean the place up, while he limit-
ed the number of tenants to thirty.
Prices of Provisions In Rome.
Ipay for lit-rosem- oil $3.25 in gel
ion, and for llielwhl. Chianti, one of
the nicest of native- wines, 00 cents a
gallon. Sugar costs 20 cents a pullnd
and salt ll t-mits (this lost is a govern
inept monopoly and can only be
bought at utobui-i-nnist'sn. A good
sized mutating chit-ken. big enough
for the dinner of three peimle. was
bought for «If» (Vents. Three heads of
lettuce sold for 2 cents. and 5 vents
worth of potatoes puts us through
the tiny. Philmnenn, ll srrrm‘ior serv
uni, li-i considerml very Well paid at
if u. mouth, and her helper t'm-eivw
only :4.
Meat, vegetables, eggs, milk and
butter are all wryt'honp. but gm
ceries and all imported goods are
enormously fit'lil'. Labor is cheap in
every form, while fuel and light an
so extravagant] y exlwusivo that they
come under the hood of luxuries.
We burn nothing but wmsl, which
is sold by the posts), a ridiculously
stnall amount, which costs $4 and
will keep two open fires supplied
for about a fortnight. Maud Howe
Elliott in Illusion Transcript.
Illa Evil Eye Quail"! the ltllluna.
( me of the many Hllpt'l‘iltltilllls foam-
that render the lulmrers from sunny
Italy so generally docile was recently
taken advantage of by a shrewd irish
for-onion employed on a public job,
Thor-«- was it misurulcrstomling likely
to rmult in ft general strike, and he
llSM‘lllllit‘flllltl room together, listen
in}; patiently to their Flllll‘llll‘fll of
grievances. Win-n they votti'lmlml.
he cullml to his side the lsmkketspur
of thi- l‘nlllf‘ill'lill', it man with pone
truting dark eyes. one of flu-m quite
still lx‘l'llllh'v it. was lll‘llill'llll. ’i’ln-
formnun stated with mnphtmis the
only torms tumn which he Would
f’Olllpl‘llllllN‘. and tho bimkkt-opoi
kept his ”evil eye" fixed on the,
crowd. ’l'ln- terms wore tut-optwl
without it murnmr, llllli the crowd
lttwtily filhpt‘l'hllll. The lmokkmqm
was i‘flllf'l‘i y llltl'ullm‘lnlls of Iwrform
int; any part in ill-tonninihg the mm
trovt'rsy. Philadelphia flirt-civil.
s raining f‘hlltlreu.
llltpruss upon the children from their
infancy that actions have mum-«gunman or
results, and that flu-y vnrmot escape them
«you by being mrry that they two-«l wrong»
ly. ill-gin curly to lviif'ii vhlltlrwt moral
mprmslbllllymiho earlier, the latter.
They are ltnltntlvollttlo animals, and if
you would have tin-m urovr Might you
will have a mare to punitive whnt you
punch. They are wry opt to done they
see you do mlhor tlmn as you savm flow
ton Traveller.
Mllllnsry Trisha.
A little trick of l‘n‘nch mlllluvry, for
use in tho large hole whom brlms often
drmp foo lungulsltlngly, is, lmfors trim-
ming, to sew sticurely the Inner teams
the brim to the crown all around. This lifts
the brim {mm the hair and prevents its
falling. Another trick for buying these
same big hats is to look among the stock
kept for children. There are often hats to
he found that are becoming to big sisters
Monday night.
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as well Is little ones at fully half the price.
, saw mass. ,
Aliens rahswill tahsplaesonths
l’air Grottudtrackmsxt Tuesday after-
noon at 1 o'clock, between New Canaan
flyers owned by W. S. Raymond. An-
drew Baymom, G. R. Stevens. Joseph
Corrigan and Gilbert Stevens. “Jennie,"
owned by C. F. Bates, will no doubt en-
ter. This is a much-talkedvof race
among New Canaanitrs and no doubt
there will be a large gathering of horse
men from this place present on the oc-
oaslon.
Henry Olmsiesd and Miss Josie Mead,
both of this place, were married at the
residence of the bride's parents. Wednes-
day sfternoon, by Rev. Aaron Bower, of
the Methadist church. They will com.
mence housekeeping immediately in
Southport. where Mr. Olmstead is em.
played in a carriage factory.
Rev. B. H. Nelda has returned from
his western trip and will occupy his pul-
pit in St. Mark’s church, next Sunday
morning.
Charles Sherwood, formerly of South
Norwelk, moved into his newly erected
residence on Forest street, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brinkerhotl' attend-
ed a very fashionable wedding at Ridge-
iield, yesterday. ,
MissElla Baldwin, of Newark, N. J.,
is the guest of Charles Whitlock, Rich-
mond Hill.
The Republican caucus was held in the
town clerk‘s office, Tuesday evening
POUND BlllGE.
A farmers’ picnic and clambake, under
the auspices of a committee consisting
of George I. Roscoe, A. H. Wood, F. S.
Selleck, Ezra Lockwood and S. Selleck,
is announced to take place at Trinity
Lake on Wednesday, September 19.
There will be music by the New Canaan
Citizens' band and addresses by several
good speakers. Thembake is to be served
at noon.
Tempting Moat Plea.
Miss Beecher. a graduate of the l’hiln-
dolphin (bolting school. is the inventor oi
a new and fc'mptlng way of serving in lit-
tle moat pies leftover beef and mutton.
Chop the uncut no for hush, and to every
half pint mid a half nurspmnful of onion
juice, a tablespoonful of butter, 0 half tea.
spoonful of salt and a dash of red pepper,
4 wasnmnfuls of milk and 2 beaten eggs.
Heat this tulxtum over the fire. but do
not omit it, and have ready about a pint
of boiled rim (a cupful before cooking).
Butter individual earthen molds and line
them with the rice, fill in with the most.
mixture and cover the top with rim. Stand
it in a pan of boiling won-r and hakeaqtmr-
tor of an hour. Servi- in the molds, placml
on plum, with a sprig of parsley on each,
or turn on plates and servo with is brown
sauce. The pins "ml-iv a nice dinner or
lum‘hmn tllsh
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All of our 85.00 Fall Overcoats reduced to
83.50. We have all sizes in Browns
. ' and Oxfords.
These coats are a trifle shorter than the long coats that are
worn by some, but the difference in the price more than makes
up the difference in the length.
Our 85.00 line comprises all of our 86.00
87 00, $7.50 and 88 00 coats, all sizes.
and good patterns
For $8.00 we give you a choice of coats,
none having sold for less than 89.00
and many for $12.00.
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lItIPrlcss Fsr llslovi thelcest toflfsnutscturs.
1 lot Men’s Wing Tip, Russia Golf Shoes; regular 85.00
Shoes, at 83.50 a pair.
1 lot llannn dz Son’s Russia Calf Razor Toe Shoes; regu-
lar 35.00, at $4.00 a. pair.
‘1 lot Men’s Russia Calf Oxford Welts; regular $3.00 0m
ford, at $2.001; pair.
1 lot Men’s Russia Onlf, Goodyear Welts Shoes; regular
$3.00 and 03.60 Shoes, at $2.00.
1 lot Men’s Russia Calf bale, Razor Toe; regular 83.60
Shoes, at 32.25.
1 lot Men’s Russett Shoes, at “.00 a pair.
30 pair of Boys’ llussia Calf, Lace Shoes,'sizes 24) to 5;;
regular $2.60 Shoes, at $1.50.
1 lot Ladies” Russett Calf and liuesett Goat Oxfords; regu-
lar $2.00 goods at 81.25 a. pair.
1 lot Ladiee' Russett Goat Oxfords Opera [and Square Toes;
regular $1.00 and $1.25 Oxfords, at 750 a pair.
1 lot Misses’ Russett Spring Heel Button Shoes, sizes it to
2, width B to 8; regular $2.00 Shoes, at 31.25.
All of the above goods are new, fresh stock and latest
styles. and warranted as represented or mono ended.
M. H. CLOVER,
40 and 42 WALL ST.,
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